In 2106 I ‘retired’ my Nikon D7100 DSLR as I switched brands and went to mirrorless cameras, with both Fujifilm, (APS-C) and Olympus (Micro 4/3).

In 2023 I bought a Fujifilm X-T30 with the intent of it becoming my main landscaping camera. No problem with the image quality but I soon realised that, for me, the handling was problematic.

At the beginning of 2024 I sold the X-T30 and two XF lenses and bought a Nikon Z50. I added the Z DX 18-140mm and Z DX 12-28mm lenses so now I have a APS-C kit with the handling I wanted. I lost a few megapixels along the way but I am OK with that.

This pouch goes in my rucksack when I am out taking landscapes. It is part camera cleaning kit, part tool kit and also emergency camera kit. For cleaning there is a lens pen, two microfibre cloths and lens wipes. The tools are two filter wrenches and a allen wrench/screwdriver multi tool. For ’emergencies’ there is a camera rain cover, an SD card and a micro SD card and a USB C card reader & pen drive should I need to back up a card on the go using my phone.

At the end of October (2023), I spent a week in Cumbria UK and was lucky enough to experience some of the best Autumn colours there.

The Most Recent Gallery has now been cleared of all previous photos and now contains photos from this holiday.

Hi, this site has been absent for a few days, apologies for that.

My hosting provider had changed domain name servers and I was somehow missed off the mailing list notifying customers of the move.

All fixed now 🙂

We are on a city break in York and we are about to set off for the Minster, camera at the ready.

On the left is my Nikon Coolpix 5000, this was my first digital camera (2003-2005) when I moved from film and is still one of the most complex menu systems I had to navigate.

Second left is my Nikon D70 (2005-2007) and my first DSLR. The press raved about it on it’s release but it seems very dated now.

Third from the left is my Nikon D200 (2007-2014), oh how I loved this camera, especially the ergonomics of its design.

Finally, on the right is my Nikon D7100 (2014-2017). An absolutely outstanding camera, but it had the misfortune to end up in early retirement because I needed to lighten the load and switched to mirrorless cameras.

These two film cameras are a nostalgia trip for me. I used to own both but sold them to fund upgrades. So, out of nostalgia, I bought both of these via eBay in recent years, plus one of the lenses seen here.

On the left, we have a Nikon FG with Tamron 35-70mm Adaptall 2 lens. This was my first Nikon and with the lens, this was a great combination.

On the right is a Nikon F301 with Tamron 35-135mm Adaptall 2 lens. In the early 90s, this was my travel/holiday camera and lens (along with a Sigma 24mm lens).

On the left is my Nikon D200, 35-70mm Nikkor and battery grip. This was my main camera from 2006 to 2014 and is still the camera I used the most and for the longest.

On the right is my Nikon D2x with Sigma 10-20mm. My late father-in-law bought this used camera for me around 2016 as a thank you for reviving his very sick laptop and saving the data on it.

In the centre is my Olympus OM-D E-M1 ii with 12-40mm Pro lens which is my current main camera. As I get older, I increasingly value small size & light weight in my camera gear!

I have added a gallery of photos taken with my mobile. These were edited on my phone using the Adobe Photoshop Express app.

For editing photo’s, I mainly use Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop (monthly Photography Plan) and occasionally I use Luminar 4. For black & white I use the Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin.

For colour my workflow is usually as follows:

• Import RAW files into Lightroom
• View the files and score the ones I will edit with 3 to 5 stars (I don’t bother scoring less, if it’s not at least 3 stars I move on)
• Use Lightroom to make basic adjustments for noise reduction, sharpening, white balance, cropping, contrast curve, highlights & shadows and ND gradient mask and remove any blemishes, e.g., dust spots. File marked in Lightroom as ‘Yellow’ (my way of indicating it is ready for Photoshop)
• Export to Photoshop for any cloning out of people/objects etc. and final adjustments. On saving & closing the Photoshop file is also visible in Lightroom and the file is marked as ‘Green’ (my way of indicating it is now all work completed, ready for output)
• Export to Jpeg or printing is from Lightroom.

For video I use Corel VideoStudio and Insta360 Video Studio and I am still pretty low on the learning curve.